Four migrants died crossing the English Channel, French coastguard says

An RNLI lifeboat and a Border Force vessel with groups of people thought to be migrants onboard in Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel earlier this week (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Four migrants have died in the English Channel after their boat capsized, according to the French coastguard.

More than 60 people were on the boat off the northern French coast near Boulogne-sur-Mer, where several people were reported as being in the water at around 4.30am on Friday.